Reproductions of Two Sixteenth-Century Printing Blocks.
A Pair of Printing Blocks [Legal Printing]. [Reproductions of Two Sixteenth-Century Printing Blocks, One of Them from a Law Book]. c.1950-1960. 4-3/4" x 3-1/2" and 6" x 3-1/2." Mid-century metal electrotype mounted on inch-thick hardwood blocks. Some darkening, mostly to background, from ink. $750. * The smaller block, which has a well-rubbed but legible printing of the plate mounted to the verso, is from a collection of Parisian coutumes: Le Stille de Chastellet pour Monstrer a ung Chacun Qlle Ordre est en Court Laye de Proceder en la Ville. This book appears to by from an edition printed in Paris by Guillaume Nyverd sometime around 1509-1519. It depicts a lawyer pleading before a judge while a scribe records his words. The image on larger block appears to be from a chivalric romance. A woman holding flowers is approaching a knight. Cupid, hovering above the lady, is shooting an arrow at him. A dog and a rabbit, symbols of faith and fidelity, stand by her feet.
Price: $750.00
Book number 72668